Niccolò Machiavelli (born May 3, 1469, Florence-died June 21, 1527, Florence) Italian statesman, historian, and political theorist. He rose to power after the overthrow of Girolamo Savonarola, was appointed secretary and Second Chancellor to the Florentine Republic in 1498. Working as a diplomat for 14 years, he came in contact with the most powerful figures in Europe. He was dismissed when the Medici family returned to power in 1512, and during the next year he was arrested and tortured for conspiracy. Though soon released, he was not permitted to return to public office. His famous treatise The Prince (1513, published 1532) is a handbook for rulers; though dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence from 1513, it failed to win Machiavelli his favour. Machiavelli viewed The Prince as an objective description of political reality. Because he viewed human nature as venal, grasping, and thoroughly self-serving, he suggested that ruthless cunning is appropriate to the conduct of government. Though admired for its incisive brilliance, the book also has been widely condemned as cynical and amoral, and “Machiavellian” has come to mean deceitful, unscrupulous, and manipulative. His other works include a set of discourses on Livy (completed c. 1518), the comedy The Mandrake (completed c. 1518), The Art of War (published 1521), and the Florentine Histories (completed c. 1525).
Rejecting the traditional values of political theory, Machiavelli drew upon his own experiences of office in the turbulent Florentine republic to write his celebrated treatise on statecraft. While Machiavelli was only one of the many Florentine "prophets of force," he differed from the ruling elite in recognizing the complexity and fluidity of political life.
Translated by George Bull
Introduction by Anthony Grafton
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首先,讓我們先確立一個方嚮:這本書是誰寫給誰看的。 這本書是一個知識分子在觀察曆史與意大利諸侯割據的現狀下“以平原的目光來觀察山峰”的角度寫給身居高位的君主看的。 明確瞭這個方嚮,就要確定一些範圍 時代範圍——處於什麼樣的一個曆史時期,作者...
評分以下是我讀《君主論》時的書摘,摘到一半時,我突然發現,如果把文中的部分詞匯改一下,這本《君主論》就可以變成一本可以指導男人追女人,解決一些睏難的情感事務的《男人論》。 不過,當你開始閱讀下麵的文章前,最好心裏有一個清楚的認識,就是“不擇手段”是有前提...
評分我之前轉發潘漢典先生悼文時隨口提到商務印書館齣版的潘譯本【君主論】因編輯與校對的失責存在不少錯誤,很多朋友囑我將錯誤具體列齣來。可惜我不住在中國,短期內很難拿到實體本,而原來友人送的自存本早已在遷居時遺失。目前我可以找到的版本,是網絡流傳的PDF,既無從得知是...
評分按常見的說法,《君主論》是現代政治科學的起源,其核心標誌是它在思考政治問題時脫離瞭倫理學的考慮,進行一種中立的技術分析。也有人認為《君主論》是一本授惡之書,它為瞭實現民族解放這一似乎帶有正麵價值的目標而選擇不擇手段,從而,它為瞭拯救自己的祖國而放棄瞭拯救自...
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馬基雅維裏的<君主論>. 其實他寫得很坦率的, 不像後來一些所謂的"馬基雅維裏主義者"那麼虛僞,冷漠.
評分Some points are still not outdated to this day. Suggestions on internal affairs mostly consisted of maintaining the prince’s public images, while going in detail about wartime governance. At least he doesn’t encourage confiscating people’s property, even 16th century western political thought is more humanitarian than 中國◯◯黨。
評分馬基雅維裏的<君主論>. 其實他寫得很坦率的, 不像後來一些所謂的"馬基雅維裏主義者"那麼虛僞,冷漠.
評分我贊成這本書90%的觀點⋯
評分very practical. thx
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